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About eig

I post about my relationship with the Triune God as He has revealed Himself in The Holy Scriptures, the Bible. Escribo sobre lo que estoy aprendiendo de mi relación con mi Padre Dios, Dios Trino, tal como se ha revelado en las Sagradas Escrituras, la Biblia. Follower of Jesus. Husband. Father. Teacher. Pastor. Salvadorean by birth, Hispanic-American. Amateur Runner. Bibliophile. Seguidor de Jesús, esposo, papá, pastor, nacido en el Salvador, hispano-americano, corredor amateur y bibliófila. https://about.me/despond

Our hope beyond death

In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul gives three statements or truths and one statement of application that we can know about our future hope in the midst of death (and all of human tragedy that we can imagine) and human separation from our loved ones and why it isn’t over for us. The first reason he […]

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Why we don’t talk about the Second Coming of Christ

Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18-5:11 talks about the Lord’s second coming. Yet, nowadays, we don’t talk about it often. I can think of  several reasons we don’t talk about or even teach about the Second Coming of the Lord as our hope. 1. We are too busy with our lives here on earth. We want […]

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God’s Providence: Prayers from the book of Ruth

Studying and teaching (in Spanish for our congregation) the book of Ruth showed me clearly how God’s Providence moves and weaves in our lives. I wrote a transcript of each sermon in form of a book in Spanish of them which includes a prayer as an application for my life after each chapter. I have […]

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Nuestra Esperanza Futura y la Venida del Señor – 1 Tesalonicenses 4:13-18

Tenemos una esperanza futura. Pero la mejor parte de esto es que nuestra esperanza futura es que el Señor regresará por nosotros y seremos parte del recogimiento (el rapto) de todos los creyentes de todos los tiempos (estemos aquí o no). Participaremos de la resurrección de los muertos cuando nuestros cuerpos se transformen a imagen […]

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Our Future Hope and the Coming of the Lord – 1 Thessalonians 3:11-18

We have a future hope. But the best part of this is that our future hope is the Lord coming back for us and how we will be part of the gathering of all believers of all time (whether we are here or not). We will partake of the resurrection from the dead when our […]

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Pleasing God by abstaining from Sexual Immorality

“For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality” 1 Thessalonians 4:3 God’s will for our lives is our “sanctification” and this involves that we abstain from sexual immorality.  The word “sanctification” is misused in our times. It does not mean being “holy” in the sense of being […]

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Agradando a Dios absteniéndonos de la Inmoralidad Sexual

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Perlita’s Baptism

Hace más o menos tres semanas me reuní con Perlita que consta de 16 años para hablar sobre el bautismo. Ella es la hija mayor de una familia que hace poco llegaron a ser parte de nuestra iglesia. Es una familia fiel al Señor. Perlita había indicado que quería bautizarse. Hablamos como una media hora […]

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Praying consistently and Insistently

Praying consistently and insistently. We can learn from the way Paul  prayed in general but specifically for others.  We see this in 1 Thessalonians. Often his prayers started with thankfulness and gratitude to God. Then he would move on to pray for others. How did he pray for the Thessalonians? He (and his team) prayed […]

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Agradando a Dios en nuestra manera de Vivir – 1 Tesalonicenses 4:1-12

Pablo terminó el capítulo 3 con una oración a favor de los Tesalonicenses pidiendo que Dios les afirme completamente en el Señor para que puedan ser “irreprensibles en santidad delante de Dios nuestro Padre en la venid de nuestro Señor Jesucristo con todos sus santos” (v. 13). Ahora el comienza a recordarles o exhortarles (no […]

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